Wiktionary

zaledwie

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Polish zaledwie. By surface analysis, univerbation of za +‎ ledwie.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zaˈlɛdvjɛ/
  • Syllabification: za‧led‧wie

Conjunction edit

zaledwie

  1. no sooner, as soon as, scarcely, hardly

Particle edit

zaledwie

  1. only, just

Further reading edit

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zaledwie”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2]
  • “zaledwie”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Univerbation of za +‎ ledwie. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zaˈlɛd.vjɛ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /zaˈlɛd.vjɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛdvjɛ
  • Syllabification: za‧led‧wie

Conjunction edit

zaledwie

  1. no sooner, as soon as, scarcely, hardly
    Synonyms: dopiero, ledwo, ledwie, jak tylko
  2. (obsolete) almost, nearly, practically [+negation of the following verb]
    Synonym: omal

Particle edit

zaledwie

  1. only, just
    Synonyms: ledwo, ledwie, tylko

Descendants edit

  • → Kashubian: zaledwie
  • → Silesian: zaledwie

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), particle is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 19 times in scientific texts, 15 times in news, 20 times in essays, 7 times in fiction, and 6 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 980th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

Adverb edit

zaledwie (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) difficultly, hardly
    Synonym: ciężko

References edit

  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “zaledwie”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “particle”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 736

Further reading edit

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Polish zaledwie.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zaˈlɛdvjɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdvjɛ
  • Syllabification: za‧led‧wie

Particle edit

zaledwie

  1. only, just

Further reading edit

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